Gambia: Gambia’s military command detains 11 army officers

Gambia’s military high command has, in collaboration with the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), arrested and detained 11 military officers at various units of the Gambia Armed Forces, a military spokesperson confirmed on Monday. According to Col. Yaya Drammeh, those arrested … Read More

Gambia: Seven foreign journalists expelled

Seven journalists, who are in The Gambia to cover the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Adama Barrow, were on January 16, 2017, prevented from entering the country, according to media body Media Foundation for West Africa. The MFWA’s sources say upon … Read More

Gambia-Gambie: West African leaders meet in Abuja over Gambian crisis

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, and other West African leaders continued their discussions on Monday on the political impasse in The Gambia. President Buhari disclosed this to journalists at the end of a closed-door meeting of the leaders in Accra, Ghana, … Read More

Nigerian politician urges caution in use of military option in Gambia

A Nigerian politician is urging caution in the use of the military option in the Gambia saying such an action could threaten the entire sub-region. Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and former Speaker of the Parliament … Read More

Gambian government cracks down on opposition voices and media

The Gambian government has launched a massive crackdown on opposition voices, arresting opposition members and closing down an independent radio station, Tanraga FM radio. Opposition leader stalwart Daba Muhammed Kuyateh was arrested Sunday from his home in Bakoteh and he … Read More

Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow says there will be no fresh elections

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said on Saturday that there will be no fresh elections and the transfer of power shall be effective in January according to the Constitution. “I call on President Yahya Jammeh to respect the clear verdict of … Read More

Gambia: Wife of jailed Gambian opposition politician wants Yahya Jammeh investigated

In her first reaction to the change of government in the Gambia, Mrs. Nymuna Ndure-Darboe, wife of jailed leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), says the defeated Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh, “should take responsibility for all crimes committed in … Read More

Adama Barrow becomes Gambia’s third President

Adama Barrow, who defeated President Yahya Jammeh in the 1 December polls, will become Gambia’s third president, after Sir Dauda Jawara and the incumbent. Barrow, a 7-party coalition candidate in the polls, was declared winner by the independent electoral commission … Read More

Opposition leader Adama Barrow ends Jammeh’s 22-year reign of terror

Gambia’s dictatorial leader, Yahya Jammeh, on Thursday suffered a shock defeat in the country’s presidential elections, losing to the 7-party coalition candidate Adama Barrow, the electoral commission has said. Electoral commission chief, Alieu Momarr Njai, declared on national television that … Read More

Opposition Coalition candidate Adama Barrow says his candidature is a symbol of national unity

Adama Barrow, the presidential candidate of the seven-party opposition coalition, in Gambia’s December 1, polls, has said his candidature is a symbol of national unity, promising to work with coalition partners to unify a divided nation. “The position of president … Read More

Gambia denies EU access to monitor presidential poll

Gambian authorities have refused the European Union access to observe the presidential election set for December 1, according to an official of the EU Delegation in Banjul. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the EU mission that it was not … Read More

Gambia: Electoral authority approves 3 candidates for Gambian presidential poll

[Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday approved three candidates for the country presidential election on December 1, 2016. They are Mamma Kandeh of Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), Adama Barrow, an independent candidate backed by eight political parties, and incumbent … Read More

Ex-female presidential aspirant Dr. Isatou Touray backs Gambian opposition coalition flag bearer

Gambia’s first independent, female presidential aspirant, Dr. Isatou Touray has, after backing out of the race for election, announced her support to Adama Barrow as the opposition coalition’s flag bearer. In a press statement, Touray said she unreservedly endorsed Barrow’s … Read More

April 14 protesters sentenced in Gambia

A Gambian High, presided over by Justice S. Ateha Abi, on Thursday sentenced members of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) who were arrested along with the late Solo Sandeng on April 14, to three years imprisonment each. Solo Sandeng … Read More

Gambia: Opposition leader decries repression, harsh prison conditions

Incarcerated Gambian opposition leader, Ousainou Darboe, has lashed out at the Gambian authorities for political repression and deplorable conditions in the country’s prisons saying inmates were even denied access to the Koran and “homemade food” during the Muslim holy month … Read More

Gambia/Gambie: Money transfer operators complain of fixed exchange rate

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Western Union and Money Gram operators in the Gambia have complained that the government’s decision to fix the exchange rates for the local currency, the Dalasi, is having a negative effect on their business. “We lost … Read More

Gambia: Opposition party the Gambia Moral Congress says no elections without reform

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian opposition party, the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), says it will not take part in any election in the country unless there are electoral reforms. “We do not exist to take part in exercises in futility … Read More

Gambia: Businessman Kebba Touray arrested over botched coup

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A Gambian businessman, Kebba Touray, has been arrested by state authorities in connection with the 30 December, 2014 armed assault on the presidential palace in Banjul, family sources said on Thursday. The sources said they had … Read More

Gambia: ‘Charge or release family members of alleged failed coup plotters’

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian authorities should either charge or release family members of people suspected to be involved in December’s alleged failed coup, and grant them immediate access to lawyers, Amnesty International has said. According to Amnesty International’s information, … Read More

Gambia: ‘Prisons conditions horrible’

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – An opposition politician in The Gambia has described the prison conditions in the West African nation as ”horrible” and called for measures to decongest the prisons in the country. Leader of opposition National Reconciliation Party (NRP) … Read More

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